{"product_id":"9781616963620","title":"The Circumference of the World","description":"Author: Lavie Tidhar\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781616963620\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaught between realities, a mathematician, a book dealer, and a mobster desperately seek a notorious book that disappears upon being read. Only the author, a rakish sci-fi writer, knows whether his popular novel is truthful or a hoax. In a story that is cosmic, inventive, and sly, multi-award-winning author Lavie Tidhar\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(Central Station)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003etravels from the emergence of life to the very ends of the universe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelia Welegtabit discovered two things during her childhood on a South Pacific island: her love for mathematics and a novel that isn't supposed to exist. But the elusive book proves unexpectedly dangerous. Oskar Lens, a science fiction-obsessed mobster in the midst of an existential crisis, will stop at nothing to find the novel. After Delia's husband Levi goes missing, she seeks help from Daniel Chase, a young, face-blind book dealer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe infamous novel \u003ci\u003eLode Stars\u003c\/i\u003e was written by the infamous Eugene Charles Hartley: legendary pulp science-fiction writer and founder of the Church of the All-Seeing Eyes. In Hartley's novel, a doppelganger of Delia searches for her missing father in a strange star system. But is any of \u003ci\u003eLode Stars\u003c\/i\u003e real? Was Hartley a cynical conman on a quest for wealth and immortality, creating a religion he did not believe in? Or was he a visionary who truly discovered the secrets of the universe?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Brilliant and bizarre, Lavie Tidhar's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Circumference of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is many things - but fundamentally it is a love letter to the Golden Age of science fiction, whether or not it deserves it (it does), as well as a love letter to its writers, whether or not they deserve it (they don't. Well, mostly.).\u0026amp;#x27; - Molly Tanzer, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVermilion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreatures of Will and Temper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833148919966,"sku":"ADS-9781616963620","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781616963620.jpg?v=1778650340","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781616963620","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}